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Every command of zpaqfranz 65.5. Between brackets: where it is available (nothing = every build).

Delete folder2's files with same name/hash of folder1

Add or append files to archive

Manipulate NTFS Alternate Data Streams (Windows)

Autotest for hidden errors after compiling from source

CPU benchmark, speed index in (yes!) franzomips

Backup with hardened multipart

Compare one master dir against one or more slave dir(s)

Alias of q (Windows)

Check the password of an archive

Inspect archive for SHA-1 collisions

Compare hex substrings in two files

Consolidate multipart backup (alias consolidate)

Count substrings in file(s)

Friendly file copy with ETA (resumable)

Discard the latest version(s) of an archive

Deduplicate files inside a single folder WITHOUT MERCY

A better dir (yes, Windows' dir) (alias tree)

Show cumulative folder(s) size

Download a file from Internet (Win64)

List Windows drives (alias drives) (Windows)

Show technical info of an archive

Extract file(s) on current folder

Free disk space fill (=reliability test) or wipe (privacy)

Search file(s) with wildcards

Franzen encryption/decryption (ChaCha20-Poly1305) (not -DOPEN, not ANCIENT)

List archive filenames 'plain-and-dirty'

Windows C: archiver from a shell without admin rights (Windows)

Text-based UI for listing/extraction (= tui) (not ANCIENT)

Calculate file hash (md5sum-like output)

File (archive) information

Restore/export zpaqfranz images (Windows)

Check if a file is open (by other software) (not -DOPEN)

Kill (delete) everything not in archive (RISKY!)

List file(s)

Get last multipart filename

Compare last 2 rows

Browse inside a .zpaq archive (not ANCIENT)

Merge (consolidate) multipart archive into one

Analyze NTFS USN Journal for changes (Win64)

Mount an archive read-only (FUSE/WinFsp) (-DZPAQMOUNT)

Dump all MySQL/MariaDB databases to .zpaq (not -DOPEN)

Decimate (keeping the newer X) older files (not -DOPEN)

Paranoid test (slow, lot of RAM needed)

Output for third-party extractors (and catpaq)

Change/remove password of single archive (no multipart)

Halt script execution until time or keypress

Paranoid test of SSD-based archive (not ANCIENT)

Windows archive of C: with VSS (Windows)

Robocopy one master to multiple slave folders

Remove hard-to-delete Windows' folder (ex. path too long) (Windows)

Estimate compressibility

Delete rsync's dangling temporary files

Get dir(s) size, return free disk space

Windows: create SFX module (with encryption support) (Windows)

SFTP interface (SFTP builds)

SSH interface (SFTP builds)

Calc hash checksums, find duplicated files

Compare archive with filesystem

Test archive integrity

Verify hardened multipart backup

Trim .zpaq archive from incomplete transaction

Text-based UI for listing/extraction (= gui) (not ANCIENT)

Check/update zpaqfranz from Internet (alias upgrade) (not -DOPEN)

Convert filenames to latin, fix too long filenames etc

Verify archive (against filesystem)

Hashdeep-like double check of hashes

Chunked extraction/test of very big files

Run multiple small commands (scripting)

Extract file(s)

Extract with sequential write (x -recover)

Remove empty directories

zfsadd, zfsbackup, zfslist, zfsproxbackup, zfsproxrestore, zfspurge, zfsreceive, zfsrestore, zfssize (*nix, not -DOPEN)

Extract into a single ZIP64 file (universal restore)

Not documented here: cloud (upload via SFTP): the integrated help has no usage text for it.

See also: catpaq, the GUI.

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